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Qatar is a really strange country. The Taliban 's political office was in Doha at the height of the war in Afghanistan. For years, Hamas leaders have also been present in this same city. At the same time, one of the largest U.S. military bases in the Middle East, Al Udeid Air Base, is also in Qatar.

A country that both hosts American forces and serves as a communication channel with groups that the U.S. has fought or been involved with for years. Israel attacks the Hamas office on its soil, and just a few hours later, Netanyahu calls the Qatari Prime Minister to apologize. And that 's just one of Qatar 's contradictions.

When the U.S. wanted to negotiate with the Taliban, Doha became the venue for the talks. After the fall of Kabul, a large part of the evacuation operations from Afghanistan were carried out through Qatar. When Israel and Hamas are n't willing to talk directly, one of the main channels for passing messages between them goes through Doha.

Over the years, Qatar has played the role of mediator or facilitator in cases involving Lebanon, Sudan, Afghanistan, Gaza, and even the Iran-U.S. negotiations. Even in the recent Iran-U.S. talks, although Pakistan was the main mediator, whenever things got stuck, Qatar would step in, and eventually, during the negotiations in Switzerland, it was officially added as a mediator.

Alongside all this, Al Jazeera broadcasts from Doha. Qatar Airways is one of the most important airlines in the world. Paris Saint-Germain is owned by the Qataris, and the 2022 World Cup was also held in this country. Now the question is, how did such a country reach this position? A country that doesn ’ t look very big on the map. Its area is about eleven thousand square